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Constitution | Official Number
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The Constitution was a brig built at Harrington by Thomas Peile in 1820. She was registered at Whitehaven until 1840, then at Workington.
Bound from New York to St.John's, New Brunswick, the Constitution was
wrecked at Fisherman's Island, near Jones Port (Maine, USA) on the 29th
January 1851. The master was brought home in the Elizabeth from
St.John's to Liverpool, arriving on the 29th March 1851.
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Year Built
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Masts
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Figurehead
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Stern
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Lloyd's Classn.
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Constitution
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1820
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231 om, 241 nm
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2
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Sources :
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"Shipbuilding at Workington - a Checklist" by Harry Fancy, pub. Whitehaven
Museum (1985).
- Entry
no.6 for 1841 in the Workington Shipping Register 1839-55 (Ref.TSR/3/1
at Cumbria Record Office, Whitehaven) - states that this vessel was a
241 ton brigantine, built at Harrington in 1820 and wrecked Maine, USA,
on the 31st March 1851.
- "A List Of The Cumberland Shipping, Corrected To February 1840", by William
Sawyers, Comptroller Of Her Majesty's Customs At The Port Of Whitehaven: Constitution, brig,
231 tons om, built 1820 at Harrington, by Thomas Peile, registered at
Whitehaven, owned by William Dixon & others, master Capt.George
Sewell.
- Lloyd's Register of Shipping 1850-1: Constitution, brig, 231/241 om/nm tons, built at Harrington in 1820,
owned by Dixon & Co., registered at Workington, master Capt.Hastings,
voyage Newport - United States.
- Wreck reported in the Standard, Monday, 24th February 1851, and in the Daily News, Monday, 31st March 1851.